Report Incirlik Airbase in Turkey under attack

[aris2chat]

Only currently on Twitter but 75 to 90 B-61 NATO nukes are stored there!

conspiracy must be contagious............

Erdogan knew if he gone what would happen, so he had it all timed out
He came back to "save" turkey
He had an excuse to knock off close to 3000 judges and lawyers
He get to rid the military from opposition
He get to take control of US air base, sooooo we have to go crawling to him
He can aid ISIS and profit from them
He can take a hard stand, as an enemy of the nation against the Kurds
Mass executions will discourage any future opposition

Win win win win for him

 

[TemplarKormac]

No, fundamentalism won, sadly.

Actually, the citizens of Turkey won. ......

Yeah don't you like it when journalists are imprisoned for criticizing the government? That's the grandest thing, ain't it?

 

[Sunni Man]

Yeah don't you like it when journalists are imprisoned for criticizing the government? That's the grandest thing, ain't it?

I could care less what happens to journalists. .....

 

[Wry Catcher]

Only currently on Twitter but 75 to 90 B-61 NATO nukes are stored there!

Gee, that's helpful. Do you ever think about the consquences before you post?

I'm sorry, I forget you subversive terrorist muslim lovers get so upset about this kind of shit....Oh, Fuck you!

Why not post other means to benefit terrorists, why stop with telling them where Nuclear Weapons are stored?

I'm sure even a dolt like you has intelligence (and I don't means smarts) on how, when and where someone might wreak havoc in your neighborhood.

You're such an asshole, and so incapable of reading with comprehension. Loose lips sink ships, or is that too abstract for you.

 

[Vigilante]

Only currently on Twitter but 75 to 90 B-61 NATO nukes are stored there!

Gee, that's helpful. Do you ever think about the consquences before you post?

I'm sorry, I forget you subversive terrorist muslim lovers get so upset about this kind of shit....Oh, Fuck you!

Why not post other means to benefit terrorists, why stop with telling them where Nuclear Weapons are stored?

I'm sure even a dolt like you has intelligence (and I don't means smarts) on how, when and where someone might wreak havoc in your neighborhood.

You're such an asshole, and so incapable of reading with comprehension. Loose lips sink ships, or is that too abstract for you.

I would expect, an asshole, like yourself, to NOT KNOW that information which is readily available for ANYONE to read about on the net!.... You LOW IQ is only outdone by your low esteem which we all hold you in!

 

[TemplarKormac]

Yeah don't you like it when journalists are imprisoned for criticizing the government? That's the grandest thing, ain't it?

I could care less what happens to journalists. .....

That's a quite telling statement.

 

[waltky]

Incirlik Airspace Reopens after failed coup attempt in Turkey...

Incirlik Airspace Reopened; Turkish Base Commander Detained
Jul 17, 2016 -- U.S. warplanes involved in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria renewed their mission at Incirlik Air Base on Sunday afternoon after Turkey agreed to once again open airspace that was closed Saturday following a failed coup attempt, the Pentagon said.

"After close coordination with our Turkish allies, they have reopened their airspace to military aircraft," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said. "As a result, counter-ISIL coalition air operations at all air bases in Turkey have resumed," he said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group. Shortly before the announcement of the base reopening, the Turkish commander of the base was reported detained in connection with the coup attempt. U.S. facilities at Incirlik are still operating on internal power sources, but Cook said the hope is that commercial power will soon be restored. "Base operations have not been affected," Cook said.

On Saturday, Turkish authorities cut off commercial power to the base, which it owns and operates, and ordered the closure of airspace around Incirlik, hours after the government said it had gotten the upper hand over a group within the Turkish military that had attempted a coup on Friday night. Some officials said the move was intended to ensure that no Turkish air assets loyal to the rebels were able to fly out of the base. On Sunday afternoon, the Turkish commander of Incirlik Air Base, 10 military members and a police officer were detained for their alleged role in the attempted coup, The Associated Press reported, quoting a Turkish government official. Some analysts had speculated that the closure of the airspace and cut off of power may in part have been intended to pressure the U.S.

Two A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft taxi down the flight line after landing at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey​

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday asked the U.S. to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan describes as the mastermind behind the failed overthrow. Gulen, who lives in exile in the U.S. and is an advocate for democracy and interfaith diaolgue, denied any involvement. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. would review any request that included "legitimate evidence." Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday that any nation supporting Gulen would be regarded as an "enemy" of Turkey.

Kerry in a call with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, cautioned that "insinuations" of American complicity in the attempted coup would have damaging political ramifications. "He made clear that the United States would be willing to provide assistance to Turkish authorities conducting this investigation, but that public insinuations or claims about any role by the United States in the failed coup attempt are utterly false and harmful to our bilateral relations," State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. The dispute over Gulen threatens to further rock an already troubled relationship between Washington and Ankara, and potentially puts operations at Incirlik in the political balance.

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Turkey Ramps Up Crackdown after Failed Coup Attempt, Detains Thousands
Jul 17, 2016 - The Turkish government on Sunday ratcheted up its crackdown on alleged plotters of the botched coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, detaining as many as 6,000 people, including military officers, and issuing dozens of arrest warrants for judges and prosecutors, according to government officials.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said in a television interview that "the cleansing (operation) is continuing. Some 6,000 detentions have taken place. The number could surpass 6,000." Detention orders were for 53 more judges and prosecutors while 52 military officers were rounded up for their alleged roles in the failed coup, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Bozdag also said he was confident that the United States would return Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey. The Turkish president has blamed Gulen and his followers for the failed military coup on Friday night, but Gulen has denied any involvement in or knowledge about the attempted coup. The U.S. says it will look at any evidence Turkey has to offer against Gulen, and judge accordingly.

Bozdag says "the United States would weaken itself by protecting him, it would harm its reputation. I don't think that at this hour, the United States would protect someone who carried out this act against Turkey." Erdogan spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the failed coup attempt, Turkish officials told reporters. Putin said Moscow stood by "Turkey's elected government" and expressed his good wishes to Turkey's people, a Turkish government statement added. It said the two leaders -- who recently patched up relations following Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane -- also agreed to meet face-to-face next month.

The reports Sunday followed an intensive crackdown against the judiciary and the military in the wake of the botched coup Friday night. Already, three of the country's top generals have been detained, alongside hundreds of soldiers. The government has also dismissed nearly 3,000 judges and prosecutors from their posts, while investigators were preparing court cases to send the conspirators to trial on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. The botched coup, which saw warplanes fly over key government installations and tanks roll up in major cities briefly, ended hours later when loyal government forces including military and police-- regained control of the military and civilians took to the streets in support of Erdogan.

At least 265 people were killed and more than 1,400 were wounded. Government officials say at least 104 conspirators were killed. Still, the coup appears to have boosted Erdogan's popularity. Clapping, singing and dancing, thousands of government backers celebrated the defeat of the coup in public squares in Ankara and Istanbul into the wee hours Sunday, bolstering support for the man who's led Turkey for over 13 years. Erdogan's survival has turned him into a "sort of a mythical figure" and could further erode democracy in Turkey, said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish research program at The Washington Institute. "It will allow him to crack down on liberty and freedom of association, assembly, expression and media in ways that we haven't seen before," he said.

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[pwjohn]

Erdogan was victorious and democracy won.

All american people should be happy with the out come. .....

US and Turkey traded harsh words Saturday in the wake of a failed military coup against the Ankara government, while all air missions against the ISIS terror group out of Turkey were grounded

 

[Sunni Man]

I have no doubt that the failed military coup against the Erdogan government was a CIA backed and funded operation. ......

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I have no doubt that the failed military coup against the Erdogan government was a CIA backed and funded operation. ......

Try, try again.
Get rid of that loser.

 

[pwjohn]

I have no doubt that the failed military coup against the Erdogan government was a CIA backed and funded operation. ......

After a failed military coup attempt in Turkey
The United States-led military coalition fighting Islamic State militants resumed operations at a key Turkish base used for airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, ending a shutdown resulting from airspace restrictions imposed in aftermath of a failed and bloody military coup attempt on Friday night.



U.S. Resumes Anti-ISIS Airstrikes From Turkish Base

 

[waltky]

Incirlik chaos during Turkey coup attempt finally comin' out...

Interviews Reveal Chaos at Incirlik on Night of Coup Attempt in Turkey
Aug 03, 2016 | Incirlik Air Base was a chaotic scene on the night of the attempted coup in Turkey.

U.S. warplanes flying out of Incirlik were on missions over Syria and Iraq when power went out to the control tower that would guide them back. A Turkish aircraft had just taken off from Incirlik to refuel Turkish F-16s that would bomb the Turkish parliament as part of the coup. The Turkish commander at Incirlik walked across the tarmac to beg the Americans for political asylum. He was refused and later arrested. The details of what went on at Incirlik on July 15 emerged from interviews with officers and enlisted personnel at the base in southeastern Turkey given to The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Back at the Pentagon on July 15, officials were clueless. "The people we talk to just aren't picking up the phone," one official said. Air Force Col. David Trucksa, commander of the 447th Air Expeditionary Group and one of more than 2,000 U.S. personnel at Incirlik, said one of his subordinates told him to flip on the TV -- a coup was underway. "We had a portion of our forces still airborne over Turkey, Iraq and Syria," Trucksa said. "So the question is: If this base gets attacked, what do we do? And then -- boom -- the power went out." The base quickly switched to emergency power from generators to get the control tower back online.

Turkey closed its airspace the next day -- a Saturday -- but flight operations out of Incirlik resumed on Sunday. Commercial power to the base was not restored for another several days. As Trucksa sought to get his planes back, Air Force Master Sgt. Derrick Goode went around banging on doors to roust personnel. By daybreak, the base was on full alert. "It was shelter-in-place kind of stuff, because of the unknown -- because we didn't know what was going to happen," Trucksa told The New York Times. In the next few days, Turkish police would occasionally drive onto the base to arrest someone, but they never questioned U.S. personnel or searched U.S. facilities, Goode told The Washington Post.

U.S. personnel never ran out of supplies during the power outage, Goode said. "We had plenty of water and plenty of food. Nothing was ever rationed at any point." As the coup began to unravel, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asserted control, Turkish Air Force Gen. Bekir Ercan Van, the commander at Incirlik, made contact with U.S. commanders at the base but was denied asylum. Van reportedly was told that Incirlik was Turkish soil and the U.S. could do nothing for him. Turkish national police later arrested him. Van was among more than 150 generals and admirals arrested in a wide-ranging purge of the military ordered by Erdogan that included the shutdown of Turkish military academies.

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